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Diffstat (limited to 'libtool-version')
| -rw-r--r-- | libtool-version | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libtool-version b/libtool-version index 6753286..b8b80e0 100644 --- a/libtool-version +++ b/libtool-version @@ -2,5 +2,28 @@ # the libtool manual to understand the meaning of the fields. This is # a separate file so that version updates don't involve re-running # automake. +# +# Here are a set of rules to help you update your library version +# information: +# +# 1. Start with version information of `0:0:0' for each libtool library. +# +# 2. Update the version information only immediately before a public +# release of your software. More frequent updates are unnecessary, +# and only guarantee that the current interface number gets larger +# faster. +# +# 3. If the library source code has changed at all since the last +# update, then increment revision (`c:r:a' becomes `c:r+1:a'). +# +# 4. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the +# last update, increment current, and set revision to 0. +# +# 5. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, +# then increment age. +# +# 6. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public +# release, then set age to 0. +# # CURRENT:REVISION:AGE -4:1:0 +5:10:0 |